Podcast Episodes

S8 E3: About that Liberal Media

Season 8 Episode 3

For generations, many on the political right have claimed that major news media in the U.S. have a pronounced liberal bias. Is it true? And why does …

9 hours ago

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S8 E2: When the News Dies

Season 8 Episode 2

Many people know that the journalism industry is struggling financially, especially at the local level. But the disastrous depths of that crisis, and…

1 week ago

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S8 E1: The Myth of the Echo Chamber

Season 8 Episode 1

Americans have access to a flood of news, and yet we're in a deep information crisis. What's really wrong with the news media? Is it what we think it…

1 week ago

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Introducing Scene on Radio: The News

Season 8

Everybody's mad at the media. And Americans seem helpless to solve our problems, in large part because we have no shared narrative and few shared fac…

2 weeks ago

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Guest Episode: Drilled: Carbon Cowboys

We're happy to share this episode from award-winning climate journalist Amy Westervelt, co-host of Scene on Radio's 5th season: The Repair. Amy retur…

3 weeks ago

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Guest Episode: Master Plan: The Kingmakers

We are sharing a special episode from Master Plan, the award-winning investigative series from our friends at The Lever. Its new season, The Kingmake…

4 weeks ago

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Guest Episode: More Muslim

We're sharing this guest episode from the podcast More Muslim. Reporter Aina Khan reports on the oldest Muslim community in Cape Town, South Africa -…

1 month ago

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Proxy: Nicole Can't Stop Being Aggro

A guest episode from the podcast Proxy: Nicole is an organizer who's good at channeling her anger. The trouble is she can't always downshift -- or ev…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Historical Maturity and Cowardice: Keeping ScOR #15

Host John Biewen reads an essay from his newsletter, Keeping ScOR. After a visit to his hometown, Mankato, Minnesota -- the subject of the Scene on R…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders

We're sharing an episode from another podcast that asks big questions about who we are and how we got here: The Alabama Murders, a new series by best…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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